Contrary to what the GOP keeps telling us, Bruce Bartlett compiled a list of 19 different polls taken since January that demonstrate that Americans support increasing taxes in order to reduce the deficit.

The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann celebrated Glenn Beck's Thursday departure from Fox News by explaining why he likened the host to the character of Larry "Lonesome" Rhodes, who was play by Andy Griffith in the 1957 movie "A Face in the Crowd."

Who are the most victimized people on the planet? If you answered the birther lunatics, you would be correct. WorldNetDaily.com writer and birther book publisher Joseph Farah is suing Esquire for $120 million for publishing a parody post reporting that...

From certain precincts on the left, notably Barney Frank, to certain precincts on the right, notably the editorial page of National Review, we are witnessing a new push to end the so-called war on drugs and legalize drug use, starting with marijuana. Indeed, Ron Paul, Barney Frank's co-sponsor in the latest legislative effort, said recently he would go so far as to legalize heroin.

Just hours before a midnight Thursday deadline, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law a nearly $56 billion state budget that contains broad policy changes for the state, after vetoing a provision that would have given the state first dibs on repurchasing state prisons sold to private developers. The 3,262-page bill privatizes five state prisons, overhauls Medicaid, eliminates Ohio's estate tax in 2013, bans most abortions in public hospitals, and ties teachers' pay more closely to student achievement. "We promised Ohioans a new way and a new day, and we're delivering," Kasich said. He signed the two-year spending plan on the eve of a new fiscal year after striking the prison language and six other items. In his veto message, Kasich said he thought the state guarantee would dramatically decrease the value of the prisons and raise costs. Kasich also struck a provision requiring the Ohio Lottery to list how much it gives to education, and restored wording allowing schools to screen children's body mass index to combat obesity.

Apparently humans are not the only ones who enjoy a little mind-altering substance from time to time, according to neuroscientist David J. Linden in his new book, "The Compass of Pleasure," which has a rather lengthy subtitle: "How Our Brains Make Fatty Foods, Orgasm, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity, Vodka, Learning and Gambling Feel So Good." In his new book, Linden writes about many examples in nature of animals seeking, enjoying and even fighting over mind-altering substances and getting stoned on pretty much whatever they can get their claws on. Linden asserts that intoxication with psychoactive drugs is not an exclusively human...

"In the absence of a DEA, no matter how many illegal sites are blocked, others will open in their place. And, with an explosion of hacking and security breaches it is clear to see that even if the MPA win this case they will lose."

The death of 70-year-old Ronald Vinci -- who was found dead and wrapped in duct tape in his Fort Lauderdale mansion -- is being considered "a suspicious death" by police, which we're hoping they usually say when they find a body wrapped in duct tape.

Disney has set a July 26, 2013 release date for Thor 2. Chris Hemsworth reprising his role as the title hero. Marvel will need to hire a new director though because Kenneth Branagh won't be returning as helmer.